You can drive as fast as you want on the autobahn - but running out of petrol will get you in big trouble

If you run out of fuel, you’ll actually be fined by police for stopping without good reason. The idea is that if you failed to sufficiently fill up your tank, your breakdown was your own fault — and that’s why you’re in trouble.

Harsh but fair.

Poland: using the phrase "polish death camp"

We don’t recommend anyone goes to Europe and makes wild accusations about World War II, but just to be absolutely clear about this, the Polish government is about to make it illegal for anyone to accuse Poland of complicity in the atrocities of the Holocaust.

The proposed law would also make it a crime to use the phrase “Polish death camp”.

The bill, which Polish president Andrzej Duda said this week he would sign into a law, has received mixed reactions from the international community.

Florence: loitering around churches

Don't try and eat your lunch on a church's steps in Florence - you could get hosed down with water

Over the past year, a number of Italian cities have cracked down heavily on some pretty standard behaviour by tourists.

That includes sitting on the edges of historic fountains in Rome, and in Florence, the simple act of sitting on the steps of a picturesque church to enjoy a nice alfresco lunch and take in the view.

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In June, Florence Mayor Dario Nardella said the steps of the Renaissance city’s most popular churches would be hosed down with water, around lunchtime, to stop people from sitting down and eat their lunch there.

“We want to put people off from camping out,” Mr Nardella said. “If they sit down, they’ll get wet. Instead of imposing fines, we thought this measure was more elegant.”